biala guest. managed by for a part. this is deja vu news live from berlin north macedonia get the go ahead ending a decades long dispute greece's parliament gratifies the deal that remains in neighboring macedonia but some greeks keep up their protests sparked the and. also coming up the u.n. calls for calm as venezuela descends into crisis embattled president nicolas maduro

says he's the victim of a foreign backed crew. and campaigners take to the streets as germany prepares to phase out the cold crunch talks in berlin argue to produce a landmark decision about the future energy supply. i'm suing so much kind of thank you for joining us greek lawmakers have ratified a landmark name change deal with macedonia under the agreement greece's northern neighbor awol rename itself north macedonia and athens will drop its objection to the country joining nato but the deal faced fierce opposition in greece and has already cost prime minister alexis tsipras his parliamentary majority there were more protests outside the assembly ahead of the vote although torrential rain in athens did keep many demonstrators away friday's vote was delayed by a day to accommodate the law. number of lawmakers who wanted to debate the deal

further. let's bring in our correspondent and the chorus of issues in the greek capital athens for us hi andy so the greek parliament did go ahead and approve the name change but it was a narrow vote wasn't it. absolutely one hundred fifty three that's just chew over the one fifty one which the prime minister needed it's enough however to ratify this agreement and it's enough to serve the prime minister alexis tsipras a significant a major diplomatic victory in this after a tumultuous week and tumultuous events violent protests and a political turbulence that nearly cost him his government so he's if there is it is so it's no surprise that he's calling this a historic deal a historic moment one that normalizes relations between greece and macedonia after

thirty years of a most toxic relations it remains to be seen however how this will go down with the rest of the people seven in ten greeks here continue to oppose this deal yet the it has been to mulch us on the streets as well there have been violent protests do you think that this vote could finally calm things down. no it will not come things down greeks are very impassioned and there they feel very very strong about this do we understand that there are several mayors across the country who have submitted their resignations in protest we don't know what more will unravel on the political spectrum and we don't know how this this deal will be accepted if at all by the people don't forget the ratification is one thing their terms of the agreement would say that was in the next few months there are

several details that have to be ironed out the clean these two sides for example scratches that there are references to alexander the great greek warrior and other ancient greek emblems have to be taken down from the macedonian side they're also trade issues over how to deal with these things so we will there will be several samplings are along the way and they just briefly if you can if the public is not in support of this what is the government doing to assure the people of greece that this solution ending the suspect is in their best interest. well again the prime minister these past couple of days has been trying to assure agree that this is ultimately in the interest of greece that it normalizes relations between these two balkan states and normalizes and bring stability to. the volatile

region the balkans by limiting the influence of russia and anchoring macedonia straight to the west primarily to the e.u. and nato but again. passions are high here and we expect to see more political developments are right at the cursor for us in athens thank you so much. now to some other stories making news around the world a longtime ally of u.s. president donald trump has been charged with obstruction of justice witness tampering and lying to congress roger stone was arrested in a pre-dawn raid but has now been released on bail has been charged as part of the miller pro which is looking into allegations that the trump campaign colluded with russia in the twenty sixteen election a referendum in the southern philippines has given overwhelming approval to the formation of a new muslim autonomous region it is hoped that the move will bring peace to the area and much needed investment creating the some mojo autonomous region was part

of a deal reached between the government and the largest muslim rebel group which has spent decades fighting for independence. and britain's queen elizabeth has called for opposing factions in the u.k. to find quote common ground for state in a scene as a veiled plea to end the bitter fighting over brags that as the march deadline looms for britain's exit from the european union now as head of state the queen is expected to remain politically neutral in public. now to venezuela where opposition leader one goal is currently addressing his supporters in the capital caracas now i don't know how proclaimed himself the interim president of venezuela but he had not been seen in public since wednesday an apparent move to avoid arrest the united states in a string of countries in the region have now recognized white though as head of state but then as well as incumbent president at the last minute always continuing to stake his claim to the office and that crucially the army has come out in

support of. and let's go right to practice our correspondent standing by following the latest for us there hi also good to see you so we hear it out that way though is in caracas speaking to his supporters what has he been saying. well the. game is the legitimate president. interim president of venezuela and it's a very optimistic speech that has been given out he said that in two days he's managed to do what this government hasn't done in six years and that is to british men to really aim to win as well which he has solicited from the u.s. and other countries so we are now seeing how there is an active power struggle in place in venezuela because at the same time we're also going to be listening to a muggle in a speech that is going to a press conference so we're expecting to see what's going to happen there but why

there has already started. for tomorrow they're expecting to have actions or those. announcements one people about what is going to be the plan now words this interim time for we have elections. has also stated that they will enact a law and stick to all military or dance support this new government ok now frank you've been speaking with been looking at a live picture is speaking there in caracas as you said she doesn't appear to be backing down but my bhutto doesn't either and he has the military behind him is there any indication there that we could see nicolas maduro a move away from his hardline stance. motherhood is defined i don't. want to speculate because i am not sure what it's saying right now in this press conference but i am pretty sure it will be the final act of doctors however that is

why the national assembly is and that in this law of amnesty to the military we have been seeing a lot of presence in the military and between middle and low of the seuss we have been getting reports of discontent within the military so it is a bold move from the all president of national assembly language all the tool and that is what the law of the end is and then also to ask for humanitarian relief which will help not only the most vulnerable but as well as but also the families of these middle and lower ranking officers that have to go because of the sudan medicine shortages that we've been seeing it as well so it's a power struggle with their interest in it and the strategies that we're seeing at this moment are i do have you are following the story for us from caracas thank you very much. now

today could see the beginning of a big change in germany's energy industry the government wants to close the country's lignite coal mines so the country's coal commission is meeting in berlin to decide how to move forward now there is a lot at stake around twenty one thousand jobs depend directly on lignite and that's the type of soft coal that the heavy pollutant if you add the suppliers and the sub contractors the number actually increases to around seventy thousand jobs and lignite is still the source of around twenty two percent of germany's energy production so it's an ambitious goal to replace it with renewables in just a few years here in berlin clean energy campaigners gathered today to make their views forcefully known. school can wait for lucas like now today he and his classmates have driven three hours from lubec to join a student demonstration in berlin they are here to protest about climate change.

what you are. the general problem is that there's not a lack of knowledge but of action that's why it's good to go in the streets now and express our views but we'll see what will come out of it. and over the christmas to me i'm sorry these young students are demanding action from those sitting in the building across the street the german coal commission a group of experts that advises the german government on how to end coal production economics minister peter altmire wants that this is about more than just climate change. then. if we actually mark there will be no losers there will only be winners and we will be supporting those regions affected by structural change and the government committed to its climate policy goals. it's not clear if the politicians are listening to the school students but the young demonstrators have caught the attention of chinese artist and activist i way

way. they're taking responsibility on street clearly states their mind and they have to say stop it you know we we have enough regardless of the outcome today lucas and his fellow demonstrators are set on the gold. they're bracing the balun cold against global warming thousands of students from all across the country have arrived in the capital today to talk about and said to sign for germany exiting the coal industry they know the decisions that are soon taken by the german government but i affect their generation but those of the future too. sports now and germany is currently co-hosting the world championships in a sport that a lot of people in the english speaking world might not be familiar with that's handball arenas have been packed with fans from around the world excitement is building here in germany ahead of the country's semifinal clash against norway

tonight. the main train station in the northern german city of kiel. fans turned out in droves to watch germany's last game here on a big screen they have little doubts about who's going to win the tournament. it's a good take guys are great they're playing brilliantly well can i say we're going to be world champions i know the tournament is huge the popular in germany more people have been following the german team's games on t.v. the top matches in the football bonus league. that's been what's important for us is that we don't just reach the normal handball funds we want to get all sports fans on board when we want to have everyone in the country talking about the team he was the last game against spain in cologne was completely sold out twenty thousand fans packed the arena to see germany now really secure victory and hope their group. doesn't forget that it was amazing really fantastic the atmosphere was

electric so many people were screaming and shouting it was brilliant pop. on friday even the humble party would continue in kiel and across the country fans are hoping germany can win again and book their place in the final. in tennis no but novak djokovic has powered into the final of the australian open after overcoming look up poor in straight sets in melbourne and the serbian will take on the old rival rock on a doll in sunday's final as he looks for a seventh australian crown a joke about his first set was nearly flawless the world number one slammed past his french opponent six now he continued his dominance and barely broke a sweat stirring the rest of the match taking the final two sets six two six two joke which leads to the dolls twenty seven to twenty five not just played and another classic encounter is expected.

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